Spaces in C# Enums

c#, clr, enums, vb.net

Solution

This blog post might help you:

http://blog.spontaneouspublicity.com/2008/01/17/associating-strings-with-enums-in-c/

From the article:

But enums can't have spaces in C#!" you say. Well, I like to use the System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute to add a more friendly description to the enum values. The example enum can be rewritten like this:

public enum States
{
    California,
    [Description("New Mexico")]
    NewMexico,
    [Description("New York")]
    NewYork,
    [Description("South Carolina")]
    SouthCarolina,
    Tennessee,
    Washington
}

Notice that I do not put descriptions on items where the `ToString()` version of that item displays just fine.

Problem

Is there any way to put spaces in a C# enum constant? I've read that you can do it in VB by doing this: ``` Public Enum EnumWithSpaces ConstantWithoutSpaces [Constant With Spaces] End Enum ``` ...and then access it like this: ``` Public Sub UsingEnumWithSpaces() Dim foo As EnumWithSpaces = EnumWithSpaces.[Constant With Spaces] End Sub ``` That implies to me that the CLR can handle an enum with spaces. Is there any way to do this in C#?

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